Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

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08/11/22

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Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris audiobook.

Genre: folklore

That the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Daddy Jack, an old 'Africa man' visiting from down-state; Sis Tempy, the strong chief of the mansion's servants; and Tildy, a young and pretty servant-girl - all found their way to Uncle Remus' rude cabin when their duties or interests permitted, to sit around the hearth and hear the wonderful tales of the animals, and foremost among them, Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox.

It turned out that some of the tales had different ways of telling, and the visitors took their turns at being the story-teller. Always one or more clever animals humbled or hornswoggled others among their community with flattery, wide-eyed mystery, or outright fraud.

After the success of Harris' 'Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings' ( http://librivox.org/uncle-remus-by-joel-chandler-harris/ ), he went on to write eight more books compiling the tales he himself had heard on the plantation in his young days. This is the first of those sequels.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:06:45) Chapter 2

(00:12:33) Chapter 3

(00:19:19) Chapter 4

(00:24:46) Chapter 5

(00:30:52) Chapter 6

(00:40:19) Chapter 7

(00:49:11) Chapter 8

(00:55:22) Chapter 9

(01:04:26) Chapter 10

(01:13:10) Chapter 11

(01:20:44) Chapter 12

(01:26:11) Chapter 13

(01:33:51) Chapter 14

(01:38:08) Chapter 15

(01:42:43) Chapter 16

(01:49:19) Chapter 17

(01:58:23) Chapter 18

(02:06:45) Chapter 19

(02:15:58) Chapter 20

(02:24:59) Chapter 21

(02:30:16) Chapter 22

(02:36:26) Chapter 23

(02:42:29) Chapter 24

(02:49:49) Chapter 25

(02:55:57) Chapter 26

(03:03:45) Chapter 27

(03:12:35) Chapter 28

(03:20:40) Chapter 29

(03:28:44) Chapter 30

(03:36:12) Chapter 31

(03:46:07) Chapter 32

(03:55:16) Chapter 33

(03:59:17) Chapter 34

(04:09:23) Chapter 35

(04:17:30) Chapter 36

(04:26:50) Chapter 37

(04:36:21) Chapter 38

(04:39:54) Chapter 39

(04:59:47) Chapter 40

(05:11:24) Chapter 41

(05:20:44) Chapter 42

(05:29:44) Chapter 43

(05:39:26) Chapter 44

(05:54:18) Chapter 45

(06:01:40) Chapter 46

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